{"id":7096,"date":"2013-07-25T23:24:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T23:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/us-arts-academy-chief-quits-over-false-resume\/"},"modified":"2013-07-25T23:24:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T23:24:52","slug":"us-arts-academy-chief-quits-over-false-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/us-arts-academy-chief-quits-over-false-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"US Arts Academy chief quits over false resume"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The chief executive of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has agreed to resign on July 31, the body announced Thursday following reports she had embellished her cv.<\/p>\n

The Academy, which counts 50 Nobel laureates amongst its elite membership, did not state the reason for the departure of Leslie Berlowitz but made it clear in a letter to members that she was not receiving a severance payment in relation to her abrupt departure.<\/p>\n

She will receive $ 475,000 to cover pension entitlement and untaken holidays from her time in office, the letter said.<\/p>\n

Berlowitz has been in charge of the 233-year-old Academy, based in the Harvard University town of Cambridge, for 17 years. She has been on leave since the Boston Globe last month reported that she had falsely claimed a doctorate from New York University.<\/p>\n

The Globe also reported frustration among staff who regarded Berlowitz as a tyrant who berated them and interfered with their work while drawing an inflated salary and extensive perks.<\/p>\n

Berlowitz’s case mirrors that of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, who was forced to quit after only four months in office last year after it emerged he had claimed a degree he did not have.<\/p>\n

In Germany, two government ministers have resigned in recent years after being exposed for plagiarizing part of their doctoral theses.<\/p>\n

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